Telephone booth



April 6, 1948. I H. I. BEARDSLE Y ETAL, 8,89

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ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 6, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE rELEriIoNEBooTn may I. Beardsley, Chatham, N. J., and Howard W. Meehan, Soarsdale,N. Y.; said Beardsley assign'or to Bell Telcphon'e Laboratories, Incorpo'rated,.New York, N. Y., a corporation of New ration of New YorkApplication May 11, 1944, Serial No. 55:;152

This invention relates to telephone booths of thehood -type.

The object ofv this invention. is the provision of a telephone booth oithe type above referred to for indoor and outdoor usewhich will besimple in construction, cheap to manufacture and wherein the telephoneapparatus is eifectively protected from .dust, rain and other adverseweather conditions. i

According to this invention, a telephone booth of the hood type isprovided in which a number of walls and .a roof formingv the boothcooperate with a partition to form a compartment within the boothproper. for housing the telephone apparatus, the. partition having anopening fitted with a door movable from its closed position to a pointsubstantially in line parallel relative to the rear wall of..the boothso ,as to.

permit access to the telephone apparatus in the interior of thecompartment. M

A ceiling in the compartment coopierates with theroof of the booth tofo'nn'a. secohd compartment for housing a lighting fixture and a switch:ing mechanism. Such mechanism isactua'ted by the opening and closing ofthe door inthe partition for controlling the operation of a l ainp; in amanner to light the compartment upon. the opening oi the door and toextinguish thellam p uponthe closing or. the door, which closing isefiectedbyspring means tensioned during the movement of the door towardits open position.

Means in the compartment is provided for reenforcing the booth and forsupporting the telephone apparatus in the form of a 'coin cjollectordevice. The lower disposed wall of the compartment serves as a shelf,iorreceiving a telephone directory, and another shelf secured to thebooth walls outside of the compartment, serves as a writing shellf. I

A frame secured to the rearwall of the booth is provided with meansinterengaging with m'eans carried by a second frame adapted to besecuredto a wall interiorly or exteriorly of a room the latter wall serving asa support for the booth assembly.

Other novel features of this invention will appear from the followingdescription and by the claims appended thereto, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of the telephone booth shown in perspective with thedoor of the compartment in the open position;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the door of thecompartment in the closed position;

2 Claims. (Cl. 20- 35) 2 Fig. 3 is a front elevation with the hinges ofthe door in section; v

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the booth taken on line 3-4 of Fig. 3;the door of the compartment being shown in closed position;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view talrenon lines 5 -5 of Fig. 3showing the telephone apparatus mounted on a bracket, and the telephonedirectory supported by a chain. from one of the side walls at theinterior of the compartment.

6 is a partial plan view in horizontal section taken on line 6-45 ofFig. 3; showing the lighting fixture and its operating connection withthe door of the compartment;

Fig. '7 is a vertical section taken. on line l--l of Fig. 5'; showingthe coin-collector in position in the compartment;

Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 5; showing themanner of securing the bracket for the coin-collector to the rear walland side wall in the'compartment;

Fig. 9 is a detailed. view showing frames for securing the booth to asupport; and p Fig. 1D is a partial view enlarged showing the operatingconnection of the door to the switching device "controlling theoperation of the lighting fixture.

The telephone booth of this invention consists of two side walls WI, W2,a rear wall W3 and front wall portions W4 and W5, the portion W5 of thefront wall cooperating with the-side wall Wl and the front moldingportion ed of a partition P to form an entrance for the booth. A roof Ris secured; by a plurality of screws SC best seen in. Figs. 4, '7 and 8,to the side walls WI and W2, to the rear wall W3 and to the front wallportions Wt and W5 and serve to hold these walls in assembled relationto each other at their upper end. V I

The partition P is fitted by tongues and. grooves to the rear wall W3 tothe front wall portions W4 and W5 "as shown in Fig. 6 and is secured tothe roof R as by a number of screws SCI shown in Fig. 7, while thepartition, as shown in Fig. 4 is secured along the front wall portion W4by a number of screws S04. The partition P is provided. with arectangular opening OP best seen in Fig. 1 fitted with a door (1,pivoted to the rear wall W3 as by a pair of hinges HI and H2 havingsprings sp shown in Fig. 3 serving to move the door automatically fromits open position shown in Fig. 1 to the closed position as shown inFigs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 when released by the occupant of the booth followingthe completion of a telephone conversation.

The side wall W2, the front wall portion W4, and the rear wall W3cooperate with the partition wall P to form a compartment for thetelephone apparatus and to these walls and partitions are secured asby anumber of screws S08, wooden strips or cleats cl, c2, c3, 04 providedfor securing, as by a number of wooden screws, a ceiling C forming incooperation with the roof R a second compartment. Ceiling C is providedwith an opening P2 best seen in Fig. 6 in which is fitted a lightingfixture in having arms 17 and bl secured to the ceiling as by aplurality of screws S03, while a switching mechanism (not shown)enclosed in a casing ll forming a part of the lighting fixture isoperatively connected to the door at by a rod rd having one end engagingpin l2 carried by a crank l3 secured to the door 01 adjacent thetop-disposed hinge H l of the door and extending into the compartmentformed by v the ceiling C and the roof R.

An angle piece l1 shown inFigs. 1, 2, 4, 6 and secured to the top endportion of rear wall W3' and to the partition wall P is provided forhousing the crank I3 and this end of the connecting rod for preventingaccess to the switching mechanism by unauthorized persons.

To the corner of the compartment formed by the right side wall W2 andrear wall W3 is secured, as by a plurality of screws M, a reenforcingbracket I5 best seen in Figs. 5 and 8 to which is secured the telephoneapparatus l6 and to the right-side disposed wall W2, to the wall portionW4, to the rear wall W3 and the partition wall P at the lower endportion of the compartment thus formed is secured a bottom wall W6serving to reenforce the booth at its lower end while serving as a shelfat the interior of the com partment in addition to a shelf l8 secured tothe rear wall W3 and to side wall WI as by a plurality of similar screwsI9.

To the rear wall of the booth as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 issecured as by a plurality of similar screws S02 an inverted L-shapedframe, shown in detail in Fig. 9, the vertically disposed arm 22 ofwhich is provided with holes H3 and H4 for engagement with dowel pins dland d2 carried by the vertically disposed side molding of arectangularly shaped frame F. The moldings 20 and 2| of this frame areprovided with similar clearance holes 23 for receiving screws SC6 Figs.4, 5, and 8 serving for securing frame F to an outside or inside wall ofa house or to any convenient upright support as the case may be, whilethe L-shaped frame as above mentioned is secured to the booth by thescrews S02 and the booth in turn is secured to the rectangularshaped'frame F and to the L- shaped frame as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 7 and8 by a number of similar screws 26 inserted from the interior of thebooth in addition to screws S02 the latter extending through similarclearance holes 21 in each of the frames for engaging the rear wall W3and the side wall WI of the booth as best seen in Figs. 5 and 6.According to this construction, the engagement of the dowel pins dl andd2 carried by the rectangularly shaped frame, in the-holes H3 and H4ofthe inverted L-shaped frame in addition to the securing of the rear wallof the booth to both the L-shaped frame and the rectangularly shapedframe F to the support of the booth afford a strong securing arrangementagainst any unauthorized attempt at removing the booth from its support.

Astud ST secured to the side wall W2 is provided for hooking one end ofa chain CH to the other end of which is attached the cover C0 of atelephone directory, the chain being made of any desired length so as tosupport the directory vertically as shown in Fig. 8 or of sufiicientlength so as to permit the directory to lay flat-wise on the bottomdisposed wall W6 of the compartment.

What is claimed is:

1. A telephone booth having a rear wall, two side walls, a front wallsection and a roof, a partition having a door dividing said booth andforming in cooperation with one of said side walls, a portion of saidrear wall and roof a compartment for the patron using the booth, saidpartition cooperating with the remaining portion of said rearwall, theother of said side walls and. said front wall section to form acompartment for the telephone apparatus, the said one side wallcooperating with said front wall section and said roof to form anentrance for the booth, said door in the open position giving access tothe telephone apparatus from the first-mentioned compartment.

2. A telephone'booth having a rear wall, two side walls, a frontwallsection and a roof, a partition dividing said booth from front to rearand forming, in cooperation with said front wall section, one of saidside walls, a portion of said rear wall and a portion of said roof acompartment for the telephone apparatus, said partition having anopening therein and a door fitting said opening, said door being hingedto an intermediate part of said rear wall, the other side wall and theremaining portions of said rear wall and roof forming in cooperationwith the remainder of the booth a compartment for protecting a patronfrom the weather when using the booth.

HARRY I. BEARDSLEY. HOWARD W. MEEHAN.

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